Living as we do in the beautiful county of Pembrokeshire we are extremely proud of our amazing coastline. As well as enjoying the stunning beaches we like to play our part in helping the keep the beaches clean and as welcoming as possible. We take part in one or more beach cleans every year and this year we returned to the small but delightful beach at Pwllgwaelod in the north of the County.
Following a lovely lunch at the beachside public house, our members donned their Hi-viz waistcoats and headed to the beach armed with rubbish bags and grabbers. The sunshine helped the task along nicely and a total of 2.2 kg of rubbish was collected and categorised* with the results submitted to the Marine Conservation Society. (*Not quite sure how the men’s pants one member found were categorised??).
Sadly on this occasion we were sad to see two dead seal pups on the beach and a dead seabird – these casualites are so often the result of rubbish discarded on the beach or into the sea and serve as a strong reminder of why the beach cleans are so important.
A job well done and our members also found themselves being asked who they were, what they were doing, etc and we think we may have found some new members along the way.
